Ticket holder



Oct. 30, 1934. Q FEDD RN 1,978,574

T ICKET HOLDER Filed Oct. 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l 5y flaw 4770/ 345.

Oct. 30, 1934. c, Q FDDERN 1,978,574

TICKET HOLDER Filed Oct. 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 CQrZ 0.?d ern zimz/ Patented Oct. 30, 1934 FFICE;

TroKEr HOLDER Carl 0. Feddern, Philadelphia, Pal, assignor to Globe Ticket Gompan y, Philadelphia, Pa.', a

corporation of Pennsylvania Application, October 10,

1929, Serial No. teams 6 Claims. (Cl; 206-405) Thisrinvention relates to a ticketholder arranged to receive a pad of tickets or the like and provided with means whereby the tickets maybe torn ina predetermined manner from the pad,

whereby data relating to time of issuance, destination, etc., may be readily recorded on the severed ticket or the stub;

The broad object of thepresent invention is the provision of an improved holder of the character described which is of simple and rugged construction capable of ready adjustment and which will render the insertion and issuance of tickets rapid and easy.

One specific object of the invention resides in the means for insuring proper positioning of the pad of tickets after a severing operation, so as to bring the proper portion of a subsequent ticket in alignment with a severing edge.

Another object relates to the provision of means for insuring the retention of the stubs of severed tickets within a casing.

Another object relates to the provision adjustable severingneclge.

"Still other objects relate to the provision of 25, improved clamping devices and other details which insure an easy operation of the device and the proper positioning of thepad.

Other more specific objects will be apparent from the followingdescription, read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a side elevation of theimproved holder;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with a portion of the cover broken away; l T

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view looking at the right hand side of Fig. 1; 3

Fig. 4is a detail view showing'the pad clamping means; i T Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view showin portion of the pad clamp;

9 Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing tails of the operating mechanism; p v Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 7--7 of. Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a plan vie form of device;

Fig. 10 is a vertical longitudin modification shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is aplan view showing a modified form of clampfor the pad positioning plate; and

' Fig l2 is a longitudinal section through the ofa self w of aportion of a modified a1 section of the clamp shown in Fig. 11 l V In its preferred embodiment, the holder com- Y prises a housing 2 of a generallycylindrical form fingers from the jaw;

in which the various operating elements are mounted, this housing consisting in its simplest form of a suitable casting, preferably of some light material, such as aluminum or an. alloy, thereof. The housingyhas an etxension 4 forming a shelf arranged to support a pad of tickets, which shelf is flanked by upstanding guide flanges '5- serving to maintain the pad in alignment when being placed in the holder.. Suitable undercut andtapering members Gare arranged to cooper-v ate: with corresponding slots in a supporting, member, thereby providing ,a rigid support for the holder. It will be understood, of course, that anycther suitable means of support may be adopted, as for example, one of universal type, permitting the positioning of the device to suit the personal convenience of the user.

Mounted in the side walls ofthe housing insuitable bearings is a shaft 8, to which is secured a worm wheel 10, with which meshes a worm 12 carried by a shaft extending downwardly and outardly of the housing ,andterminating in a knurled head 14, whereby the worm may be turned by an operator. It will thus be seen that a; slow motionof shaft 8 is possible. whereby a fine adjustment may bemade.

A lever 16 is secured to shaft 8 and is provided with an arcuate slot 18 in its upper end. One

jaw 24,0f a pad clamping device is carried by arms 20 and 22, which are journalled loosely upon the shaft 8, the clamp being provided with a serrated upper edge opposed by clamping fingers 26 carried by a rod 28 slidably mounted within the frame fOrmedbythe jaw 24 and arms 20 and 22 and guided by reason of its forked end engaging over shaft 8. The fingers26 are normally urged forwardly away'from the jaw 24 by a tension spring 30 reacting between pins carried. by members 28 and 22 respectively. In order to force the fingers 26 downwardly toward jaw 24 in order to secure apadbetween them and the jaw, rod 28 is provided with a sloping surface or opening-32 with which engages a conical. end of a screw 34; threaded into the jaw 24 and extending outwardly through an arcuate slot in the housing and terminating in a head 36. By reason of this arrangement, ro-

. tation of the screwlby manual manipulation of thehead 36 will serve .to move it inwardly or outwardly and thus act as a wedge uponthe slop-' ing surface 32 to either force fingers 26 toward jaw 24 or permit the spring 30 to withdraw the The screw 34 serves a second purpose. It extends through the slot 18 in the upper end of lever 16 and is normally engaged with the right hand end of the slot, as viewed in Fig. 6, by the tension of a spring 38 reacting between the jaw 24 and lever 16. It will thus be seen that as rotation is imparted to shaft 8, jaw 24 will normally be constrained to move with the lever 16. However, in any position of lever 16, the operator may move the head 36 of screw 34 so as to cause the jaw 24 to swing through an arc corresponding with the angular extent of the slot 18, that is, from the position of screw 34 shown in Fig. 6 to a position in which the screw engages the left hand end of the slot. The purpose of this movement will be apparent hereafter.

Hinged upon the top of housing 2 so as to close its open top is a cover 40 normally urged to closed position by a spring 42. At its free end the cover carries a self adjusting severing edge which consists of a thin strip 44, concave downwardly, pivoted at its ends to the sides of the cover. When the cover is urged to closed position by the spring 42, the severing edge 44 rests upon the upper ticket of a pad carried by the clamp. By reason of its pivotal mounting and curved form there is insured a tearing edge in contact with the upper ticket at all times. Just inwardly of the severing edge 44 is a stripping device 46 consisting of an arcuate blade extending across the inner side of the free edge of the cover to which it is pivoted at the sides, as indicated at 48, through the medium of inwardly extending flanges. As the cover is lifted from the pad of tickets, it will be seen that the stripper blade 46 will remain in contact with the upper ticket by reason of its weight.

A member-5O provided with a toothed edge is secured to one side of the cover. The toothed edge is arranged to be engaged by the free ends of a pawl 52 provided with a slot through which extends a guiding pin 54 secured to the housing. At its other end, the pawl is pivoted to one end of a bell crank lever 56 pivotally mounted on the frame at 58. The other arm of this bell crank is provided with a slide 60 in which rides a pin 62 carried by one arm of a lever 64 pivoted to lever 16 at 66 and forked at its other end 68 to engage screw 34. While the above described mechanism is il lustrated as outside of the casing, it will be obvious that it may be included within the casing, so as to be invisible and protected. When the screw 34 engages the right-hand end of slot 18, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the pin 62 is in alignment with the axis of shaft 8. Accordingly, adjustment of shaft 8 to carry lever 16 and the jaw 24 to an adjusted position will not disarrange the position of pin 62. The operation of this mechanism will be later described.

A releasable latch member 69 is provided to hold the cover 40 in open position, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when a pad of tickets is being replaced in the holder.

In order to insure proper positioning of the pad of tickets, a flexible metallic plate '70 is secured, as indicated at 72, to the forward end of a jaw 24. This plate extends underneath a bridge piece 74 of thin metal secured at its ends to shelf 4. This bridge piece serves to maintain the metallic plate '70 in contact with a shelf from the bridge piece tothe free end of the shelf. At its free end the plate '70 has hinged thereto a clamping member 76 normally pressed downwardly by a spring '78. Preferably the plate '70 and clamping member 76 are provided with cooperating indentations so as to insure a tight clamping action.

From the above description of the preferred form of the device, the operation will be readily apparent. A pad of tickets of the usual form,

consisting of a number of tickets clamped at one end of a cardboard base strip, is clamped between the jaw 24 and fingers 26, the fingers being moved downwardly by inward movement of screw 34. During this operation, the cover 40 may be maintained in raised position by the latch 69. The cardboard base. of the tickets extends along plate over bridge member 74 and is clamped at its outer end by the clamping member 76, as indicated in Fig. 4. The ends of the tickets are, of course, free, the stub end of the pad being secured in the clamp.

The cover may now be released, whereupon the severing edge 44 will rest upon the uppermost ticket. The operator now rotates shaft 8 by means of worm 12 in order to bring the proper data underneath the outer edge of the severing edge 44 so that, upon tearing off the uppermost ticket along this edge, the proper time, destination, or other data, may be indicated.

As soon as a ticket is severed, the operator moves screw .34 rearwardly so as to bring the screw into engagement with the rear end of slot 18, this movement taking place against the tension of spring 38. By this movement, the free end of the stub is brought within cover 40 inwardly of the stripper blade 46. When the head 36 is released, the jaw will be brought forwardly by spring 38 and plate 70 will serve to insure the outward movement of the pasteboard backing of the pad of tickets, so as to aid in bringing the now uppermost ticket to its proper position relative to the severing edge. It is found, however, that if the cover remains upon this uppermost ticket, the

ticket may fail to come out all of the way. Ac-

cordingly, the mechanism shown in Fig. 1 is provided and operates as follows:

Upon the initial rearward movement of screw 34 and the parts to which it is secured, lever 64 is rocked about 66 as center, serving to rotate lever 56 in a clockwise direction and retract pawl 52. When the screw is released, the pawl, which is in engagement with the toothed edge of member 50, will raise the cover a short distance and then, as it is released from the toothed edge, will permit the cover to fall back to its original position. By this arrangement raising of the cover is insured during the time when the tickets are moving outwardly to their outermost position. To insure the proper action of the pawl, the cngagement of the slot in the pawl with pin 54 is made loose so that the pawl engages the tooth by reason of a downward movement under its own weight. In view of the fact that pin 62 is normally in alignment with the axis of shaft 8, it will be seen that irrespecive of the adjustment of the shaft, the cover raising mechanism will remain operative, although the stroke of the pawl will be slightly different in the various adjusted positions.

During the short interval when the cover is raised the stripper blade 46 moves downwardly under its own weight into engagement with the uppermost ticket. Being of very light construction, however, it does not materially hinder the free outward movement of the ticket. However, it serves to engage the stubs of the preceding tickets, as indicated in Fig. 1, so as to insure their retention within the cover.

Passing now to a consideration of the construction shown in Figs. 11 and 12, a modified form of clamping device for the outer end of the cardboard backing of the pad is illustrated. In this modification, the plate '70 is provided with longitudinally extending slots 80 within which engage ears 82 carried by a slide 84 which is provided with an overhanging clamping portion 86 having a depressed portion 88 arranged to cooperate with an opening 90 in the free end of plate '70. In operation of this device, the clamping member 86 is movable inwardly over the free end of the cardboard backing of the pad of tickets, which is securely clamped inasmuch as a portion thereof is pressed into opening 90 by the depression 88.

In Figs. 9 and 10 there is illustrated a modified form of severing edge which is desirable where tickets are made of the form illustrated in Fig. 9. The severing edge comprises a blade 92 pivoted at 94 to the cover and provided with a spring 96 extending forwardly over the top of the cover and carrying, at its free end, a pin 98 arranged to engage a selected one of a series of holes 100 formed in the top of the cover. By raising the pin 98 against the tension of spring 96, the pin is disengaged from a hole and the blade may be rotated to a desired position, whereupon the pin may be dropped into a suitable hole. The sloping position of the severed edge of a ticket will then give an indication of, for example, the time at which the ticket is issued, as illustrated in Fig. 9. This severing edge replaces the severing edge 44 heretofore discussed. The remaining features of the devices may be the same as those already considered. It will be seen that the stripper blade 46 is used with this modification as well as with the self-adjusting severing edge.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A ticket holder comprising a severing edge, means for holding a pad of tickets or the like with the free ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the severing edge, means providing relative movement of the holding means and severing edge to vary the lengths of portions of the tickets extending beyond the severing edge, and means for automatically lifting the severing edge during outward movement of the tickets.

2. A ticket holder comprising a severing edge, means for holding a pad of tickets or the like with the free ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the severing edge, means providing relative movement of the holding means and severing edge to vary the lengths of portions of the tickets extending beyond the severing edge, means for automatically lifting the severing edge during outward movement of the tickets, and means for insuring the retention of a stub during the lifting of the severing edge.

3. A ticket holder comprising a severing edge, means for holding a pad of tickets or the like with the free ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the severing edge, means providing relative movements of the holding means and severing edge to vary the lengths of portions of the tickets extending beyond the severing edge, means for automatically lifting the severing edge during outward movement of the tickets, and means insuring the retention of a stub during the lifting of the severing edge, said means including a stripper blade arranged to rest lightly upon the surface of a ticket during such lifting.

4. A ticket holder comprising a severing edge, means for holding a pad of tickets or the like with the free ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the severing edge, means providing relative movement of the holding means and severing edge to vary the lengths of portion of the tickets extending beyond the severing edge, and means for automatically lifting the severing edge during outward movement of the tickets, said lifting means being operative in all positions of initial adjustment of the pad.

5. A ticket holder comprising a severing edge, a stub receiving housing, and means for holding a pad of tickets or the like with the free ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the severing edge, said severing edge being movable towards or away from an uppermost ticket and consisting of a blade pivoted to the housing, and adapted to conform to the surface of the uppermost ticket, the axis about which the blade is pivoted being above the surface of the uppermost ticket.

6. A ticket holder comprising a severing edge, a stub receiving housing, and means for holding a pad of tickets or the like with the free ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the severing edge, said severing edge being movable towards or away from an uppermost ticket and consisting of a blade concave downwardly and pivoted to the housing, and adapted to conform to the surface of the uppermost ticket, the axis about which the blade is pivoted being above the surface of the uppermost ticket.

' CARL O. FEDDERN. 

